§ Mr. Whiteheadasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will move to appoint a Select Committee on regional health authorities, as recommended by the Royal Commission on the National Health Service in 1979.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinThe recommendation in paragraph 19.11 of the July 1979 report of the Royal Commission on the National Health Service was for a Select Committee to be set up as proposed by the Select Committee on Procedure. That proposal was for a Select Committee on Social Services to examine all aspects of expenditure, administration and policy within the responsibilities of my Department: such a Committee was appointed by the House on 26 November 1979.—[Vol. 974, c. 1029–66.]